2 articles

1. What is the article name? Shake it all about
2. Who is the author? N/A
3. Who is the publisher? The economist print edition
4. Which Earth Science does it fall under? Geology
5. What are 3 things you learned from this article? 1.There is a chip inside the laptop to sense that the laptop is being dropped. 2. The equipment is very expensive. 3. Seismometers were designed to be sensitive.
6. What are 2 things that you found interesting about this article? 1. The hard disk is protected before the laptop hits the ground. 2. Some of the chips are connected to the central server via.
7. What is 1 question that you still have about the topic after reading this article? How did the scientists come up with this smar idea to make that chip?

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1. What is the article name? A New contender for Earth's oldest rock
2. Who is the author? Nell Greenfieldboyce
3. Who is the publisher? N/A
4. Which Earth Science does it fall under? Geology
5. What are 3 things you learned from this article? 1. The rocks you walk on now could have been the same rock from 4.3 bya. 2. The Earth is only about 4.6 byo. 3. Scientist determined the age of ancient rocks by looking at the composition of zircons.
6. What are 2 things that you found interesting about this article? 1. Scientist found isolated grains called zircons. 2. There are rocks that are as old as 4.3bya.
7. What is 1 question that you still have about the topic after reading this article? How can scientist tell exactly how many years of age they are?

Okmok

The Okmok volcano is located in Alaska. The elevation of the Okmok volcano is about 7,000 ft. The photos on the right are recent, taken on July 24,2008.

The Okmok volcano is one of many Aleutian volcanoes.

Recent Disasters

1. The two articles i read about were Earthquakes hit Japan and Indonesia, but no tsunami

2. The first article was about how different earthquakes hit the coastal part of japan and indonesia, but there were no damaging waves or reports of damage or casualties.

3. The second article was about how the center of an earthquake was said to be in the middle of Iran's southern port city Bandar, Khamir, and Queshm island. The earthquake killed 4 people and wounded 34.

4. The disaster that was most disasterous was the one in Iran's southern port city.

5. The thing that is alike about the two disasters is that they both hit aras thet were either nera or surrounded by water. The difference between the two is that the first one did not really damage anything, but the second one wounded and killed people.